Sonnet No. 1

Soaked
beddings
& sour
nostrils
of my own body
or the pieces
of uneaten
animals
on the plate
on the floor.
Cold rain,
the soft muscles
around my eyes,
& shelter
from
the things
I said then
or needed to,
then when
your mouth
tasted of
copper
raspberries.

About Zooey Ghostly

Zooey Ghostly is a founding member of both the Teeth Sweaters and DCYC creative collectives. He has published work in a series of named journals, but more importantly left his most refined work written on a napkin in a bodega last time he went for cigarettes. The cigarettes were Marlboro Reds.